The University of Jos has dissolved the institution’s Students Union Government (SUG). This is contained in a statement issued in Jos on Wednesday by Abdullahi Abdullahi, the school’s Principal Assistant Registrar, Information. According to the statement, the university has constituted Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, CSM, in five states with at least 282 deaths related to the disease. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Chief Executive Officer of the centre, made this known Read more
A Boko Haram gunman was killed Wednesday in a village in Borno State as troops shot their way out of an ambush attack that left one soldier injured, officials said. The spokesman of the Nigeria army, Sani Usman, a brigadier Read more
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has said the current face-off between the executive and the legislature is normal in the democracy. Dogara, who spoke to Senior Editors in Abuja on Wednesday, said the nation stands Read more
The management of Egbin Power Plc, Nigeria’s largest power plant, has threatened to shut down operation owing to non-payment of N110billion debt. This may throw a huge segment of the population into blackout. The plant has 1320megawatts (Mw) capacity. Its Read more
International Organisation on Migration (IOM), said 128 migrants, comprising Nigerians and other West Africans, died while crossing Mediterranean Sea to Europe between March 6 and 26, 2017. The UN agency in a statement by its spokesman Flavio Di Giacomo, stated Read more
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari says the nation’s economy is gradually recovering. Buhari spoke on Thursday while receiving the outgoing Ambassador of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Bin Abdullah Sefyan, in a farewell audience at State House, Abuja. He Read more
The sculptor behind a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that left football fans scratching their heads has said his work is just “a matter of taste”. Emanuel Santos said the bust, unveiled on the Portuguese island of Madeira, was “not as Read more
Fifa has opened proceedings against Wales full-back Neil Taylor after his leg-breaking challenge on Republic of Ireland’s Seamus Coleman. The Everton defender, 28, was taken off on a stretcher after the tackle which saw Taylor sent off during last Friday’s Read more
The Kwara State Government is to strengthen existing security and peace committees in all 16 local government areas in the State as a way of curbing clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers. This was one of the resolutions of the Read more